Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Folks on Reddit and Twitter had some interesting thoughts on the piece. If you are an Uber fan, time to get to know how the company really operates and question whether they deserve your business.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Without revenue the company will go away.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? The thread on this tweet has the details. “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to a CoSN report , more than half of school districts and about one-third of public schools in the United States are in rural areas. Partnering with local cable companies, internet providers, and community organizations, they expanded broadband to the school parking lots and community centers.

Broadband 97

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 97

Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

” “Schools, Libraries Miss Out on Millions in E-Rate Funds,” according to EdTech Magazine – some $245 million for the 2014 fiscal year. University of Texas at Austin , related to features unique to that university,“ Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Thank goodness for education journalism.

Coursera 60

Coursera Education E-rate Company 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” An op-ed in The Hechinger Report : “ Betsy DeVos ’ slippery slope of religion , ethnicity and race.” Via The Verge : “ Juul has 60 days to prove it can keep its e-cigs away from kids, FDA warns.” ” Via The Hechinger Report : “A new challenge for colleges: opioid-addicted students.”

Education 54

Education MOOC Blackboard E-rate 54

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Via the AP : “One of the nation’s largest student loan servicing companies may have driven tens of thousands of borrowers struggling with their debts into higher-cost repayment plans. the nation’s third-largest student loan servicing company.” Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.”

Education 52

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

JULY 21, 2017

But as Education Week reports , “States Bristle as DeVos Ed. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “More than 50 groups have signed a letter demanding that Candice E. Via The Washington Post : “ Iran sentences Princeton graduate student to 10 years for espionage, report says.” for-profits?

Education 46

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 46

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

” More on the teacher prep law from The Hechinger Report. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. More via Inside Higher Ed.

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

“ Trump Education Secretary Pick Has Indirect Stake in Student Lender ,” The Wall Street Journal reports. “Obama Administration Mistakes Threaten Student Loan Relief Programs,” Buzzfeed reports. now ranks near the bottom among 35 industrialized nations in math,” The Hechinger Report frets.

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Broadband 88

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 88

EdTech4Beginners

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The marketing tools used to promote a company online are a significant component of the approach adaptable to companies of any size and operating in any sector. If your company uses software to help it find and categorize its social media followers, you must go deeper into your customers’ profiles.

Tools 26

Tools Social Media Data Industry 26

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Did you share this Raw Story story – “Education officials expect ‘ineffective’ Betsy DeVos to step down as her agenda collapses: report” – or this Salon story – “Expert: Expect DeVos to resign from Trump administration”? ” asks The Hechinger Report. ” asks Edsurge.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

The Department of Education’s Chief Privacy Officer Kathleen Styles has been “reassigned,” Education Week reports. ” The Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump Administration might limit the number of visas available to Chinese students. opens door for student loan companies to ignore state authority.”

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

. “A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a transgender student ’s challenge to a Wisconsin school district’s policy limiting his restroom usage – a big win for those seeking to advance transgender rights in the courts,” Buzzfeed reports. Via Edsurge : “ BrightBytes Tried to Buy Hapara.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

Via E&E News : “ Cabinet heads told to praise Paris exit. ” Elsewhere in North Carolina , Dana Goldstein reports for The NYT on “What Budget Cuts Mean for Third Graders in a Rural School.” .” The Department of Education plans to shutter its cafeteria , once known by the lovely name of EDibles.

Khan Academy 45

Khan Academy Education Facebook E-rate 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. This reporting treats “ed-tech” as a product built in and by Silicon Valley, not as something built in and by public institutions around the world.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Via Masslive.com : “ Massachusetts state government announced a new partnership with an online education company on Thursday to help public employees and the state’s public universities take advantage of online classes.” ” The company in question: edX. ” Clowns. ” asks NPR. Contests and Awards.

Education 40

Education Coursera Facebook Social Media 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

In its glossary, Stony Brook University’s Center for News Literacy defines news literacy as: The ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports, whether they come via print, television or the Internet. Our kids need new types of filters. Post-truth or truthiness.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

In a nutshell: Right now schools use a variety of digital programs that collect data that could be of use to teachers, but programs made by different companies don’t play well together – and some programs won’t even allow teachers to export data out of the system to use it themselves. Read more about Blended Learning.

E-rate 41

E-rate Education Data Libraries 41